Texas sued to block the ban on Biden’s third day in office. Federal Judge Drew Tipton had already temporarily paused it twice before Tuesday night’s order.
Julián Aguilar
Julián Aguilar reported for the Tribune from 2009 to 2021, most recently on politics and on the Texas-Mexico border. He focused on immigration reform and enforcement, voter ID, international trade, border security, and the drug trade. His political coverage has included local, legislative and congressional races in Texas, as well as local and national elections in Mexico. Before joining The Texas Tribune, he was a freelance writer for the Fort Worth Weekly, a government and crime reporter for the Laredo Morning Times, and a political writer for the Rio Grande Guardian. A native of El Paso, he has a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and a master's degree in journalism from the Frank W. Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism at the University of North Texas.
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Winter Storm 2021
You might have heard that Texas has its own power grid. Did you know not all parts of the state use it?
Millions of Texans were left in the dark for days after winter storms triggered power outages. But people in El Paso, the upper Panhandle and parts of East Texas kept their lights on — thanks to power drawn from other parts of the country.
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Winter Storm 2021
Texans running out of food as weather crisis disrupts supply chain
Texans running low on food are finding empty grocery store shelves. Food pantries are running out of supplies. And the freeze has wiped out substantial portions of the state’s citrus and vegetable crops.
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Immigration
Migrants in “remain in Mexico” program will soon be allowed to enter the United States, federal agency says
The Department of Homeland Security is telling asylum seekers who were forced to wait in Mexico while their cases are pending to stay where they are for now as the Biden administration begins to unwind the Trump policy.
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Immigration
Federal judge prevents Biden administration from pausing deportations for two more weeks
Judge Drew Tipton originally issued a 14-day suspension of Biden’s moratorium on Jan. 26. The pause in deportations was part of Biden’s attempted day one overhaul of several of former President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.
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Immigration
President Biden’s early immigration overhaul has overlooked one growing problem: A massive court backlog
The nation’s immigrations courts have 1.3 million pending cases, and some immigrants in Texas wait nearly five years for a court hearing.
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Immigration
Joe Biden’s newest immigration orders include task force to help hundreds of migrant children find their parents
The executive orders will also include a review of Donald Trump’s restrictions on legal migration and the “remain in Mexico” program.
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Politics
After being deported over traffic tickets, a witness to the 2019 El Paso Walmart mass shooting fights to return to the U.S.
The El Paso restaurant server watched the shooting unfold and later gave a statement to police and the FBI. She was deported after being pulled over for a broken brake light.
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Immigration
Federal judge temporarily blocks Biden’s 100-day deportation moratorium after Texas sues administration
The deportation moratorium was part of a package of immigration-reform measures the new administration proposed on Inauguration Day.
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Politics
Ken Paxton files lawsuit challenging Biden administration’s pause on deportations
President Joe Biden issued an executive order calling for a 100-day moratorium on some deportations as part of a sweeping review and reset of immigration and enforcement policies.
